Effects of male dominance and courtship display on female choice in the ring-necked pheasant

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 235-244

  Mateos, Concha ^a   Carranza, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Courtship behaviour; Female mate choice; Male male competition; Phasianus colchicus; Ring necked pheasant; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; GAMEBIRD; MATING BEHAVIOR;

PHASIANUS COLCHICUS;

EID: 0032927698     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050558     Document Type: Article

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